PUBLIC EVENTS CALENDAR

For public events/workshops in Europe, go to Europe under LOCATIONS; in Australia, go to Australia under LOCATIONS.

PUBLIC BOOK TALK

"The Unfolding Now" by Hameed Ali (A.H. Almaas)
Amsterdam at De Rode Hoed, Keizersgracht 102
June 15, 2008

For further information please contact: Henk Eggink
Email: HenkEggink@casema.nl

2008 USA Quasar 5-day Retreat
Heart-Mind: The Divine Marriage
September 17 – 21, 2008 in Boston, MA

Presented by Hameed Ali (A.H. Almaas) and Karen Johnson

This 5-day retreat, which is open to the public and presented by the founders of the Diamond Approach, is the first of its kind to take place in the United States. The retreat will present a teaching on *The Divine Marriage*: the unity of mind and heart. No previous experience is required, and the retreat is open to both the general public and current students of the Diamond Approach. The retreat is meant for anyone interested in having a direct and experiential taste of the Diamond Approach work.

For the spiritual journey to be complete, we need both the openness and intelligence of the mind and the love and fullness of the heart. In a spiritual journey, the mind's intelligence and heart's fullness inform each other in a dynamic and complementary way. There is a dialectic between the heart and mind that we can learn to engage to reveal the inner treasures needed for true maturation and fulfillment of human life. In this retreat, we will explore how this complementarity of mind and heart is rooted in their primordial unity. Our realization of this unity, this divine marriage of mind and heart, enhances the power of our journey as we move toward deeper and deeper spiritual realization. It is this inseparability of brilliance and intimacy, clarity and love, that forms the essence of wisdom we need to live a real life and express the essential nature of our being.

The founders of the Diamond Approach, A.H. Almaas and Karen Johnson, will teach how we can combine the precision of insight with the richness of heart to open our experience into dimensions of awareness that neither element could reach alone. We will use discussions, meditations and exercises to discover and activate these precious faculties and capacities of the heart-mind continuum.

For further information and registration, please see the flyer and the registration form.

PUBLIC BOOK TALK
"The Unfolding Now" by Hameed Ali (A.H. Almaas)
New York City at the Synod House of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine:
1047 Amsterdam Avenue at the corner of 110th Street
September 28, 2008 at 7:00pm

The New York groups announce a public talk about Hameed’s new book, to be given by him. The talk is a fundraising benefit for Ten Directions Center, the new East Coast center for the work, now in a purchase process.  A reception and book signing will follow.

To purchase tickets, contact Cornelia Wathen at corneliawathen@earthlink.net  or 845-657-4137.  For information about the center, visit the center’s website www.TenDirectionsCenter.org.

We encourage students who do not live in New York to support this event by buying tickets for your friends and family members who do live in or near New York City.


Bay Area Diamond Approach 12-Session Series
San Rafael, CA

In this introduction to the Diamond Approach, students will have an opportunity to come together with others to explore the techniques and teachings of the Diamond Approach.  During the course of twelve meetings, we will explore this path using talks, discussions, experiential exercises and personal process work.

This series is being offered to provide a way for people curious about the Diamond Approach to experience it directly, and also to provide existing students of this path a venue for more engagement with the teaching.

The schedule consists of six evening sessions, and three day-long sessions, beginning May 1, 2008.  Total cost for the series is $400.  If you would like to participate but can’t afford the full tuition, let us know.  A limited number of work trades will be available.

The series is being taught by ordained Diamond Approach teachers, Tejo Jourdan and Willa Rothman.  For more information, please contact Willa by phone at (415) 482-9522 or by email at wsrothman@comcast.net.

Diamond Approach Book Study Groups
Berkeley, California and Marin County
Meeting one evening a month

In these study groups we will explore one of the written works of A. H. Almaas, founder of the Ridhwan School and the Diamond Approach® to inner realization. The groups are open to anyone interested in gaining a greater understanding of Almaas’ work; people new to the Diamond Approach as well as existing Ridhwan students are invited to participate.

Both groups are co-led by ordained Ridhwan teachers. The teachers of the Marin group are Willa Rothman and Victoria Young; the Berkeley group teachers are Tejo Jourdan and Sandy Marcus. The fee for each evening session is $20.

To find out more about the Berkeley group, contact Sandy Marcus at redpearl@earthlink.net or (510) 527-8814.

The Marin Diamond Approach Book Study Group will begin a new book study in the Fall of 2008. Please check this website in August for more information.

Diamond Approach Book Study Group in Victoria, British Columbia

You are invited to join us in an exploration of the written works of A.H. Almaas, founder of the Ridhwan School and the Diamond Approach to inner realization. Our meetings include meditation, discussion, and exercises to deepen our understanding. All are welcome to participate. We meet once monthly, and the fee for each session is $20.00.

The group is co-led by Jane Hill-Daigle, an ordained Ridhwan teacher, and Anthony Colvill, Teacher-in-training. For more information please contact Jane Hill-Daigle at hilldaigle@telus.net or 250-708-2023 or Anthony Colvill at acol2@shaw.ca or 604-542-6698.